David Coltart
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The Right Honourable David Coltart |
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| Minister of Education, Sport and Culture of Zimbabwe | |
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In office 13 February 2009 – August 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Morgan Tsvangirai |
| Preceded by | Aeneas Chigwedere |
| Member of the Zimbabwean Parliament for Bulawayo South |
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In office 2000–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Zenzo Nsimbi |
| Succeeded by | Eddie Cross |
| Senator for Khumalo | |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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4 October 1957 Gwelo, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
| Political party | Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Reine Barrett (m.1983–present) |
| Children | Jessica Douglas Scott Bethany |
| Education | Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christian |
| Website | www.davidcoltart.com |
David Coltart (born 4 October 1957) is a Zimbabwean lawyer, Christian leader and politician. He was a founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change when it was established in 1999 and its founding Secretary for Legal Affairs. He was the Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South in the House of Assembly from 2000 to 2008, and he was elected to the Senate in 2008. He is the Legal Secretary for the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Welshman Ncube. He was the Minister for Education, Sport, Arts and Culture from February 2009 until August 2013.
Coltart was born in Gwelo, Midlands Province, in the former Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He was born an only child to a Scottish bank manager father and a South African nurse mother. His mother was the descendant of British settlers who settled in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in 1820. His Scottish grandfather was Deputy Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1938. When Coltart was a young child the family relocated to Bulawayo.
He was educated at Hillside Primary School followed by Christian Brothers College, a Catholic private school run by the Irish Christian Brothers, in Bulawayo. After matriculation, Coltart was conscripted to do military service (as was required of all white male Rhodesians at the time) and served in the BSAP from September 1975 to January 1977 in the Mashonaland, Matabeleland South, and Victoria provinces (Victoria became Masvingo province in 1980).
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